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shaggylocks
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NOVEMBER 16, 2009 10:13AM

VD is for Everybody!

Rate: 19 Flag
 
This is a  PSA from the American Social Health Association from 1969.  I don't know what "VD" is, but I definitely want some.  These people look so successful, attractive and happy!  And that song is so darn infectious...

 
Production Company: Ad Council
Sponsor: American Social Health Association 

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"Hey, Officer Krupke, we're down on our knees, 'cuz no one wants a kid with a social disease . . ."
AtHomePilgrim
November 16, 2009 10:21 AM
I've never been one to jump on the bandwagon, but you're right--they all look so happy & fulfilled!
spotted_mind
November 16, 2009 10:34 AM
oh ... the summer of 69 ... so sexually transmitted that people write songs about it!
1_Irritated_Mother
November 16, 2009 10:45 AM
PSAs are a wonderful thing.
iamsurly
November 16, 2009 11:26 AM
does this mean you get VD from knitting? or jogging? or horses??? jesus. cancel my equestrian class ...
femme forte
November 16, 2009 11:51 AM
I think that's called a mixed message . . .
Owl_Says_Who
November 16, 2009 12:18 PM
Believe me, you don't want VD. Not that theres anything wrong with that! (Ahhhanhaa!)
R!
scanner
November 16, 2009 12:48 PM
Does anyone else think that jogging guy looks like a young Bill O'Reilly? No? Rudy Giuliani, perhaps?
shaggylocks
November 16, 2009 01:36 PM
Seems to be a predominantly white person's disease, too.
Stim
November 16, 2009 02:27 PM
this psa was considered pretty effective, showing that veneral diseases are not just for "slutty free love hippie types" or confined to minorities. :)
we were afraid of vd's back then, now we're afraid of std's...
it's spectacular vernacular evolvulary...
sortalike 1969's chicken wire is now 2009's "poultry netting."
songweasel
November 16, 2009 03:52 PM
VD = Victory Dance!!!

TEEHEEHEE!!

;)

Rated for a warm special feeling from VD!! :)
Tinkerertink69
November 16, 2009 05:04 PM
Oh, heck, I remember seeing that one on Armed Forces TV! It was in the inventory for decades, and I think it may have been the single most-often parodied PSA by AFRTS dee-jays!
Sgt. Mom
November 16, 2009 05:23 PM
I didn't see anyone particularly attractive or cool. We must have different standards. An all pro-snowboarder spot might do the trick. Much more realistic, too--I can't imagine any of these folks actually getting laid.
BOKO
November 16, 2009 06:45 PM
No snowboards in 69...they might get in the way, but I digress...I remember that ad...happy shiny mod people with VD...
Leonde Delmare
November 16, 2009 10:43 PM
I remember this from when I was a little kid! I had no idea what it was talking about, but that didn't stop me from walking around singing "VD is for everybody..." . My mom was less than thrilled.
Midwest Muse
November 16, 2009 11:55 PM
Since I see no reason to clap for this, I'm gon orheady.
Besides, my balls aren't blue, they're quite happy and well "adjusted".
XJS AND ME
November 17, 2009 10:48 AM
Can one get VD from sliding down a banister? Just wondering.
Stymie Beard
November 17, 2009 11:28 AM
I was around 6 y.o. when this commercial came out, and I remember it vividly !! I thought the tune was pretty catchy... not sure if I used to sing it around the house like I did with "Downtown!!" I'll have to ask my mom. ;)
k b
November 17, 2009 11:34 AM
This is really bizarre. (It's interesting how we've gone from VD to STD, and now to STI. There's nothing worse than being out of date with venereal terminology.)(Oh, and I enjoyed the "infectious" pun. Brings back memories of that glorious swine flu post.)
Steve Blevins
November 17, 2009 03:24 PM
OMG I have been trying to get that song out of my head for decades! It went in when I was 7 and has stayed there ever since. If only foreign languages or higher math could follow the same path. That tune is so catchy. And yes, I sang it around the house. I thought if vd was for everybody, it had to be good! La-la-la! Fast forward 40 years, and I still have no vd. It is one childhood wish I am glad did not come true!
mariah2
January 10, 2010 10:29 PM